Oxytocin levels in social anxiety disorder

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 165-170

  Hoge, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Pollack, Mark H ^a   Kaufman, Rebecca E ^a   Zak, Paul J ^b   Simon, Naomi M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Claremont University   (United States)

Author keywords

Oxytocin; Social anxiety; Social phobia; Trust

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYTOCIN; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 49749100454     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2008.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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